After America: Obama's dystopian vision

After America: Obama’s dystopian vision

 

America is dying, the numbers speak for themselves. Ninety million people no longer participate in the workforce. One third of the population is receiving survival aid from state and federal coffers. Millions have flooded into this country displacing citizens from jobs that should be theirs. One sixth of the economy has been hijacked by a health program which is nothing more than a giant Ponzi scheme waiting to fail. Businesses continue to fail at record levels, with foreclosures on homes continuing to mount. President Obama sits on his perch in the White House bemused by the economic catastrophes that his actions and or inactions caused. Proposed corrective measures emanating from his office do not include cutting back on the regulatory structure that suppresses job formation. Instead, he suggests Congress should add new and more expansive taxes to the pool of levies that recently went into effect in January. Obama believes taking money from productive Americans and transferring it to the entitlement crowd will somehow improve the economy. Obama continues on a destructive path to dismember the country with minimal hindrance from the opposing party. His expenditure of billions on projects that do little more than burn-up cash, display a profound ineptitude for finding solutions that work. Failure is Obama’s greatest achievement in office. There is no doubt that his Congressional henchmen want the same for the country. Vice President Biden’s call for a New World Order with an emphasis on economics reflects the President’s sentiments exactly.  In an Obama world America always comes in second. Recently the Executive branch announced its forthcoming budget. Within its fabric are potential regulations to limit yearly financial input into retirement plans with maximum caps on total accumulations. Any capitalization that exceeds Obama’s set thresholds would be seized through special levies. In other words Obama will dictate how much money you are allowed to spend during your Golden years. Is this the country the Founders perceived for us over two centuries ago? No one from those early days of the Federation of states could have conceived a leader coming to power worse than the monarch they sent packing via the Declaration of Independence.  Obama’s dystopian vision of America is the antithesis of Jefferson’s, Franklin’s, Madison’s and other patriots who risked everything, so the fruits of their labors could live on in the Democracy they founded. Obama’s hate for America is obvious and his willingness to undermine the nation plays out in each action he takes. 2017 is rapidly approaching. Those who lean left will regret the dissolution of this once great country, they helped destroy. Those on the right side of the line will contemplate why they didn’t take a stronger stance against an Administration bent on leaving the nation in ruins. Mark Davis MD, platomd@gmail.com. President of Healthnets Review Services, www.healthnetsreviewservice.com Manager of the group on LinkedIn, Government in Transition.  Join, comment and debate this issue and many others.

America's greatest Ponzi scheme: Obamacare

America’s greatest Ponzi scheme: Obamacare

 

Legitimatized by a signature from President Obama on March 23, 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), more commonly known Obamacare, is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme. Costs originally estimated at 900 billion dollars have ballooned to several trillion and growing steadily. In order to feed this monstrous creation, taxpayers are forced to pay more each year to sustain this leviathan. Eventually the costs become unsustainable and the program implodes, leading the country into economic oblivion. Signs that the government is struggling to implement Obamacare have already appeared. State insurance exchanges, to help small businesses, will not be initiated until 2015. Medicaid costs are seeing a meteoric rise in states that are expanding their pools of patients. Much of this funding will originate from cash derived from a series of new taxes cleverly being exacted on anyone and everyone who pays into the Federal Treasury. Do you remember Bernard Madoff, who was convicted of one of the largest Ponzi schemes in the history of Wall Street, Obamacare is exponentially worse. Congressional Budget Office (CBO), originally released projections noting Obamacare’s fiscal attributes were sustainable based on the elements of the legislation passed by Congress. Within months of PPACA becoming law, the CBO’s miscalculations became apparent. New estimations of the horrific mistake inflicted on the nation would be in the trillions. Did the CBO lie to make this leviathan more palatable to a nation? We may never know. Over a dozen new taxes have taken effect as of January 1, 2013. Every medical procedure, diagnostic methodology and therapeutic venture will cost more as these fees are dumped on top of already expensive health costs. Sticker shock is moving through the nation as patients find their pharmaceutical bills have doubled a few months into the new-year. One report notes that a popular anti-cholesterol drug, Crestor, jumped from $400 to $900 for a few month supply. Obamacare, as presently formatted, would be considered a criminal construct, if not sanctioned by this rogue government. Over the next 12 months there will be a deluge of legal cases filed against many aspects of PPACA. This Ponzi scheme is in for hard times. In the event it is not stopped by the courts, natural economic forces could erode its very base. Mark Davis MD, platomd@gmail.com, President of Healthnets Review Services, author of the forthcoming book, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster. Manager of the group on LinkedIn, Government in Transition, join, comment and debate current issues.

Obama's Roving Eyes

Obama’s Roving Eyes

 

Does Barack Obama have the proverbial seven-year itch? Recent news reports describe a President whose eyes are wandering from the nest. Vacations without his spouse, behind the scenes arguments with his other half and verbal dalliances with other women suggest Obama has more than Michelle in mind for the future. Actress Kerry Washington has reportedly been flirtatious with the President and Mrs. Obama has taken notice. There are reports Kerry has been banned from White House functions by Michelle. More recently the President requested Ms. Israel, Yityish Aynaw, be invited to one of the many parties he would attend while in the Holy Land. Further news about their personal discussions have been muted. This week Obama flew to the left coast to raise funds for the Congressional races of 2014. During his journey, he commented that California’s Attorney General is “the best looking attorney general.” He has since apologized to her. Perhaps Michelle’s right cross had something to do with his apology. Since attaining the Executive Office, the President has been photographed looking at more than a few female backsides. This all could be a coincidence, part of a mid-life crisis or something more profound.  The Obamas’ domestic relationship may have disintegrated into a business relationship where she sticks around until after the President’s second term then splits with a handsome payoff. We may know sooner than later because the President’s roving eyes appear to be on the march. Mark Davis, MD

President of Healthnets Review Services, platomd@gmail.com, Author of the forthcoming book, Obamacare: Dead on a Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster, Manager of the group on LinkedIn, Government in Transition.

Immorality: American style

Immorality: American style

 

President Obama has masterfully dismembered the Republican Party. Members of the House and Senate who oppose Obama’s overreach into Americans’ pockets, have been artfully out-maneuvered in nearly every attempt to return this country to fiscal sanity. Republicans have been searching for a common center to regroup the various ideologues in the Party, without much success. Meanwhile the President continues to hone his message that Republicans are detached from the realities of poverty by emphasizing their message supports only the rich. Utilizing the most basic themes, class and race warfare, President Obama has successfully driven a divide between those with heavy wallets and others who feed from them. Obama’s actions are a contradiction-in-terms when examining his less than motivating speeches. Misrepresentations are the key to his circumlocution. His willingness to use rhetoric that is beneath dirt to lay-waste to the Republican Party is essential for him to retain power. Republicans are lost in the environs of indifference to the challenging issues of the times. Recent exhortations by more youthful members of the Party display a profound dissension between the seasoned and the newcomers. Republicans journey into darkness began when they failed to counter the enormous number of distortions in the media concerning their stance on issues. The Democrat Machine spewed lie after lie how a Republican controlled White House would starve and or even kill people  by removing the well-endowed social nets popularized by them. Republicans countered with a feeble defensive posture, instead of taking the offense. The results were a lost election, yet worse, a lost party. Morality is not a word than can be found in the Democrat lexicon. Paradoxically, it is found throughout the Republican script. Immorality, that nondescript word with many meanings, purchased an election for those who were not ready for primetime. President Obama has no misgivings concerning the path his reelection took. He is unable to see the distinction between the latter two concepts, coincidentally he governs in a similar manner. In order for the Republicans to rise again from the ashes of defeat and indifference, they must return to the concrete foundations that brought them to power over 150 years ago. Until that time comes, the Democrats will continue to strengthen their base, as the Republicans slip further into oblivion. Mark Davis, MD. President of Healthnets Review Services, platomd@gmail.com. www.healthnetsreviewservices.com, Manager of the LinkedIn group, Government in Transition, join, comment and discuss current issues.

Bill Gates comes out of the closet

Bill Gates Comes out of the Closet

 

Bill Gates actions in the last 18 months reveal he is a certified liberal. America should have no doubt, anymore, where he stands in the political spectrum. Bill’s multi-billion dollar foundation is supporting an effort collect, collate and distribute private information on students and others to sell to the highest bidder. Specifically, he and his cronies want to obtain transcripts and other relevant data on students, making it available to commercial entities and the government at-large. Bypassing the Fourth-Amendment is easy when you are the second richest man in the World. Social media is abuzz with condemnation of this project, which recently came to light through random news sources. Social Security numbers are part of the information grab. Parent groups are beginning to realize the extent of Bill’s journey into their privacy, yet their protests have not moved public officials to stop his efforts. States involved in this project point to federal law, which allows the schools to turn over this data to selected entities. Point: we have another billionaire chippings away at our privacy and freedoms. Mark Davis MD, President of Healthnets Review Services, platomd@gmail.com. www.healthnetsreviewservices   Manager of the LinkedIn group, Government in Transition, join, comment and express your views on this subject and any other topics with the famous and the infamous.

Maryland's irresponsible state government

Maryland’s irresponsible state government

 

Unsolicited spam from Maryland’s Executive branch was not surprising in content or intent when I opened it yesterday. Governor Martin O’Malley’s message read more like a political stump speech than a notification of his accomplishments during the present legislative session. Its headline jumped off the page: “Affordable College, Clean Energy and Responsible Governing.” This disingenuous headline sums up the irrationality of the group now governing the Free State. As I noted in the article entitled, Marylanders: overtaxed, overregulated, overwhelmed linked below, the ingredients for economic failure are clearly laid out in the current budget. Overfunding higher education by 5.83 billion dollars is nothing to be proud of Governor O’Malley. A quick visit to the College Park campus of the University of Maryland, leaves one wondering who is going to benefit from this overwhelming generosity of the Maryland taxpayer. Overspending on the Medical Assistance program, by billions, begs the question: who are these extra people being covered. A simple call to your local health department notes that residency requirements to obtain O’Malleycare, are quasi in nature. Medical personnel have related stories of newly arrived state denizens who obtained health benefits less than “2 weeks” after transgressing the Free State’s borders. The Governor is attracting more people to the state because he likes new arrivals, as he stated in a prior stump speech.  Perhaps you missed the signs traveling both ends of Route 95: Welcome to the “Free State,” thanks to the Maryland taxpayer.

Governor O’Malley wants the Maryland public to know he is doing everything in his power to block global warming. His offshore wind farm legislation exemplifies his mania to achieve this goal. This pending financial disaster for the state and its residents will burden each business and household with a surcharge on their electric bills, starting a decade before the potential completion of this ill-fated venture. Worse, the technology to attain the Governor’s goal of building a 200 Megawatt offshore facility does not exist (see link, Maryland’s Solyndra: offshore windfarms). The Governor’s campaign literature forgets to tell state residents the price to generate one megawatt of wind power costs 4 to 10 times that of coal, oil, gas etc. State residents and businesses are being taken for the proverbial ride by the blind ambitions of someone who wants to move up the food chain, our esteemed Governor. The Governor’s hyper-inflated state budget has no relief for beleaguered taxpayers, who pay for his follies. O’Malley’s Budget is a win win for the entitlement crowd, and a lose lose for the taxpayer. His campaign literature, now in your spam box, is nothing more than a series of misrepresentations, misdirected thinking and a roadmap to the State’s pending economic disaster. Contact your state representatives and let them know your displeasure that the state is making too many demands on your bank account, because their accounts will soon run dry without yours. Mark Davis MD. President of Healthnets Review Services, www.healthnetsreviewservices.com, platomd@gmail.com, Author of the forthcoming book, Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster. Manager of the LinkedIn group, Government in Transition, join and comment.

Marylanders: overtaxed, overregulated, overwhelmed

Marylanders: overtaxed, overregulated, overwhelmed

 

Recently Maryland’s Governor Martin O’Malley released the state’s budget for the next fiscal year, a number so large that any rational mind would have trouble conceptualizing it for such a small state. Ceremoniously, the Governor noted the new state budget would be 37.5 billion dollars. To provide some sense and perspective to this number, another very blue state was chosen for comparison, California. The Golden State has a population of 38 million, Maryland’s comes in at under 6 million. Geographically Maryland has approximately 7% of California’s square mileage. Though Maryland has only 15% of the left coast’s population and 7% of its land area, the Free State’s budget is 25% of California’s 146 billion dollar fiasco. The question arises: Why does Maryland need this level of funding to survive? Maryland is not at war, except with its taxpayers, therefore it requires no payments to support an army. A close analysis of the budget notes it floods a bloated state workforce with pay increases and incentive bonuses. Public Schools are overfunded with billions of dollars of gravy that will not improve education, but will bring in the votes from teachers, to keep the democrat horde in power. Higher education now needs more funding since illegals were given the right to pay in-state tuition during the 2012 election. Medicaid will be budgeted at record levels instead of attempting to innovate this program to reduce costs. The Rainy Day Fund will be further enhanced, to quietly feed choice programs of the Governor.  Nowhere in this monster budget is their relief for the poor taxpayer. Regulations continue to pour out of the Maryland legislature to extort money from businesses to feed this behemoth. Our state Comptroller’s office is busy sending out thousands of letters each week, finding new and creative ways to burden the population in order to pay for O’Malley’s financial follies. Ironically, this newest state budget assumes more not less revenue from the feds. If the latter is not satirical, the state accountants believe the 4% tax increase on six figure incomes, approved last year, will also enable this fantasy budget to be funded. Once before millionaires were selected out for surtaxes and somehow 1,000 of them vanished from state tax rolls.  Governor O’Malley is blind to the financial disasters now plaguing other blue states. The crunch will soon come when taxpayers understand the motivations of our lawyer governor. Maryland is a Mecca for the entitlement crowd. Democrats feed this crowd to stay in power. We all know who these people are and the fringe benefits they receive just for existing. Many counties and cities throughout the country are facing bankruptcy, it is only a matter of time before Maryland has to pay the piper. O’Malley and his minions will not be around when the downturn comes, his aspirations are west of Annapolis. Maryland’s overreach will be the same hand that buries the state financially, unfortunately there may be no other hands to bail the state out. Mark Davis, MD

President of Healthnets Review Services, www.healthnetsreviewservice.com

platomd@gmail.com Manager of the political group on LinkedIn, Government in Transition. Please join in and comment.